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Guest post by Louie Wheeler The pharaohs of the Egyptian New Kingdom made a habit of rewriting history. Through a process defined as ‘usurpation’, rulers routinely altered, often by adding their own titulary, or destroyed their predecessors’ monuments, reliefs and statues. Where we see evidence of destruction, the aim is clear: to erase aspects ofContinue reading “We Don’t Talk About Akhenaten…”